Manchester United 5-0 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2011

Result

Manchester United 5-0 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester United 5-0 Birmingham City: match report

Manchester United defeated Birmingham City 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 January 2011. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (2'), Dimitar Berbatov (31'), Ryan Giggs (45'), Dimitar Berbatov (53') and Nani (76'). Birmingham City did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 45 points from 21 and Birmingham City 16th on 23 points from 21. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 39.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 0 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Birmingham City's D-W-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 2-0
  • 45'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 3-0
  • 53'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 4-0
  • 76'Goal · NaniManchester United · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 4, Birmingham City 0.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, David Murphy, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Daniel Bentley, Keith Fahey, Alexander Hleb, Jordon Mutch, Matt Derbyshire, Barry Ferguson